Original Watercolours by Tim Wilmot

St Tropez Harbour - Demo Painting

St Tropez, France, Watercolour, 15" x 11"

A demo painting from last year (2019) to a local art group.  It's a scene I really like painting (I think this is my fourth one!).  I don't normally like paining the same scene - unless you see my recent video up on YouTube where I do give some other reasons for painting the same scene.  It's really quite a simple composition.

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.

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Jetty and misty morning at Saltash

Saltash, Cornwall, Watercolour, 15" x 11"

A bit of imaginary one this one, apart from the jetty - it soes exist down there.  I really enjoy doing these atmospheric ones - pre-wetting the paper and then laying down the first wash, leaving a bright area on the horizon.  As regards the horizon - leave it out.  Just transition slowly from sky to sea with a subtle change in colour.

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.

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Trawlers at rest

An imaginary scene - during lockdown and running our of source photos I need to be a bit more resourceful and re-purpose some older paintings.  Change boat configuration, change the slope of the beach, change direction of sun and so on.

Painted on Saunders.

Polperro, Cornwall

Polperro, Cornwall, Watercolour, 15" x 11"

Apart from the building and the shape of the background headland, a made up scene loosely based on Polperro in Cornwall UK.  I try to keep it loose and let the watercolor do its own thing.  While still damp, I do a bit of wet in wet with some darker values and get soft edges.

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.

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Bright Colours - Chania Harbour, Crete

A bit of an experiment on this one.  How bright can I go, plus handling the yellow reflections up against the blue sea.  A bit of careful painting of the waves in the foreground.  So the colours were wildly exaggerated and I added in the boat for good measure.

 

Dark Clouds St Ives

St Ives, Cornwall, Watercolour, 15" x 11"

A bit of messing around and playing with warm against cool.  So mainly a cool, dark sky against warm, lighter, roof tops and carry a bit of light red into the sky.  Sorry to St Ives residents - I have changed the houses around a little!

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.

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Demo painting - Newquay Harbour Low Tide

Newquay, Cornwall UK, Watercolour, 15" x 11"

A recent demo painting done to a local art group and a slightly made up scene with the background being the cliffs behind the harbour and on the ridge a few houses.  Coming down into the middle ground there's the lifeboat station and then the beach of the harbour. A contra jour with emphasis on the strands of seaweed across the beach.

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.

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This painting is for sale. Please contact Tim Wilmot for details.

Bristol Savages Sketch Night - 'Friends across the seas'

Weekly sketch night at my art society, the 'Bristol Savages', and the topic for the night was friends across the seas. So we have normally 2 hours to produce a painting based on that topic without the use of any reference material (so no cheating looking up on the web). Owning to the current social distancing restrictions, this of course was a virtual meeting.

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press 300 gms

Demo Painting to the Bristol Art Group - Porlock Weir

Porlock Weir, UK, Watercolour, 15" x 11"

My first demo painting to the Bristol Art Group and a simple composition - easy background, cottages on the left, a boat, a figure and a light sign against a dark background.  And using a few different watercolor techniques - wash (of course), wet in wet, dry brush, and splattering.  Normally with the workshops I do, if it's a full day, we one painting in the morning and one in the afternoon.  So we all do our painting together and in stages - first I do my outline sketch, then the attendees do their outline sketch.  I then do my first or only wash, then everyone else does their wash, and so on.  It seems to work well as a format.

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.

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This painting is for sale. Please contact Tim Wilmot for details.

Boats Moored below Via Scali delle Cantine, Livorno, Italy

Livorno, Italy, Watercolour, 15" x 11"

Another view of the boats moored along one of the many canals/waterways in Livorno, Italy.  As an artist who likes painting these sorts of small boats, it's a fantastic area to do plein air painting.  I made up the figures and the guy pulling on the rope.

Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms.

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This painting is for sale. Please contact Tim Wilmot for details.